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apparently cured — one was the case of a child who before injection 

 experienced very great pain on the least movement of the limb, 

 and who after about six weeks' treatment was able to run about 

 and walk. On the other hand, whilst it has been stated that 

 there were two cases of phthisis, or consumption of the lungs, 

 cured, I think that is a matter which must still be open to 

 doubt. I have myself seen one case in which it had undoubtedly 

 done harm ; and therefore, as Dr. O'Neill has said, we must 

 use very great discrimination in the application of the remedy 

 and in choosing the cases ; but, undoubtedly, whatever the 

 outcome of this form of treatment, the discovery of Dr. Koch 

 has marked a very important epoch in medical science. 



Mr. Brown said he had seen in one of the scientific 

 papers that Professor Virchow is of opinion that the injection 

 communicates tubercular disease to patients in some cases, or 

 adds to the disease when already present. He should like to 

 ask the friends on Dr. Koch's side if they could say anything on 

 that question. 



Professor Everett said : — We should be perfectly certain 

 that it is a real remedy before we go into ecstacies over it. No 

 doubt it will be thoroughly tried, and I hope the caution 

 which Dr. O'Neill has recommended by example as well as by 

 precept will be carried out generally, and that there will be 

 no rash experiments made, at the sacrifice of human life. I 

 hope there may be important results in the way of curing 

 and preventing disease. Prof. Everett concluded by moving a 

 vote of thanks to Dr. Sinclair for bringing the matter before 

 them in the way he had done. 



Dr. J. MacCormac said: — I think the discussion of this subject 

 is quite in harmony with the objects of our Society. The 

 treatment of disease, Dr. Koch's remedy included, perhaps might 

 be more suitably discussed before a purely medical society ; 

 nevertheless what Dr. Sinclair has stated cannot fail to be 



